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Sat, Jan 13, 2024·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

CAR winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PIT01001621400240
CAR2160801011335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 6:12CARBrett PesceAssists: Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:04CARJordan MartinookAssists: Jalen Chatfield · Snap, 0.35 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:45PITJake GuentzelAssists: Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:07PITBryan RustAssists: Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:41CARBrett PesceGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Seth Jarvis · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 14:51CARBrent Burns: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:02PITErik Karlsson: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 8:41CARJordan Martinook: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 8:41PITBryan Rust: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 9:46PITPierre-Olivier Joseph: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:33CARAndrei Svechnikov: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 17:15CARAndrei Svechnikov: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P2 18:48CARMichael Bunting: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 12:33PITJake Guentzel: Holding2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← PIT attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Aho
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITCAR
40Shots on goal35
3.0Expected goals4.3
65Shot attempts61
29Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
19Hits19
9Blocked shots16
7Giveaways14
6Takeaways9

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Rust – Guentzel5:15

    xG 0.44–0.26 (63%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Malkin – Rust – O'Connor8:23

    xG 0.42–0.31 (58%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  3. Carter – Eller – Harkins2:22

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Malkin – Rakell – O'Connor3:47

    xG 0.09–0.24 (27%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Karlsson – Ruhwedel2:15

    xG 0.14–0.13 (52%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Ruhwedel – Joseph2:41

    xG 0.00–0.04 (7%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Letang – Pettersson16:24

    xG 1.00–1.05 (49%)attempts 25–17goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Martinook – Jarvis11:03

    xG 1.08–0.34 (76%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Noesen – Bunting – Kotkaniemi8:54

    xG 0.39–0.09 (81%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Teravainen – Aho – Svechnikov12:14

    xG 1.15–0.85 (57%)attempts 17–19goals 1–1

  4. Fast – Lemieux – Drury4:53

    xG 0.43–0.24 (65%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin14:22

    xG 1.39–0.47 (75%)attempts 21–14goals 0–0

  2. Orlov – Chatfield13:10

    xG 0.98–0.10 (91%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce14:13

    xG 0.69–1.21 (36%)attempts 11–23goals 1–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

CAR 4.3 xGPIT 3.0 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARPIT

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CAR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CAR is favoured, below it PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #434 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 70% of the time.

CAR winsPIT wins

Simulated goal difference (CAR − PIT), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).